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Mason City Globe-Gazette (Newspaper) - February 7, 1957, Mason City, Iowa
North Iowas Daily Newspaper Edited for the Home MASON CITY GLOBEGAZETT E THE NEWSPAPER THAT MAKES ALL NORTH iOWANS NEIGHBORS VOL LXIU Associated Press and United Press Full Lease Wires Seven Cents a Copy MASON CITY IOWA THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7 1957 This Paper Consists ol Two Ona No 1W TKe World Around Us i Memory of Gandhi Is Undimmed Number 70 EDITORS is one of a series of daily reports by our editor on a trip by air around the world How people live and how they feel toward America are more em phasized by Mr Hall than scenic features By W EARL HALL MEW DELHI Gandhi is on the way to be coming a member of the Hindu galaxy of ancestral gods if indeed he has not already arrived The very mention of his name pro duces an unmistakable attitude of worshipful reverence among Hin dus And Ive heard no Moslem speak ill of him One of my last acts before packing my bags for the next stop of our aerial odyssey was to visit two important in the story was the O prayer court in Delhi was s i nated the other the spot overlooking his beloved Jumna River where he DAVID BENGURION Utah Convicts End Revolt Demands Aired POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN UTah iff Rebellious convicts surrendered early Thursday the hostages and arms with which they seized and held control the Utah State Prison in a de structive night of terror Gov George D Clyde said he now wpuld consider the prison ers demands including bet ter food and shorter prison sentences The approximately 500 pris oners began filing back imo their cells and guards returned to their posts At one time 27 hostages had been held Clyde left the prison to rest after the long night of facing down the prisoners insistence that they wouldnt free their hostages until their demands were met State Highway Patrol Supt Lyle Hyatt said he was planning a cellbycell shakedown of the prison Authorities also said they would start an immediate sur vey of damage to the modern structure The hostages began filing out of the inmatecontrolled section at Billy Randall a spokesman for the convicts and seven or eight other prisoners accompanied the hostages into the administrative section One freed guard was crying Randall We were given assurance that if we turned the hostages loose no one would be actually The hos tages were freed five minutes before the promised release time of 6 The riot started in the pris on mess hall during the dinner hour Wednesday night The prisoners surged through the corridors of the detention sec tion They captured 13 members of a church basketball team in the midst of a game with the prison team four prison school teachers and at least nine prison guards They smashed windows and many of them went on a tre mendous binge of rubbing alcohol drinking An explosion in the heating plant put out the lights The hostages were not harmed however Only a short time before the hostages were surrendered the rioters had declared they would not give them up until their de mands had been met Earlier Gov Clyde had told the prisoners there would be no consideration of their griev ances until the hostages were freed Just before the end the sit uation became more lenso when the prisoners obtained guns from a guard turret in side the prison Gov Clyde said Now the hostages are free com places Gandhi W Earl Hall was cremated A Hindu guide who felt he was walking on sanctified soil took me to the Birla House which had be come Gandhis place of abode on his frequent visits to this capital city Though one of Indias richest men rich enough to have built a temple all by Birla was one of Mahatmas most faithful followers Adjacent Yard It was Gandhis custom to go into the arborsurrounded court yard at the rear of the Birla House for worship with some of his closest confidantes Then he would tarry for solitary con templation It was when arising from his crosslegged attitude of prayer that his assassin came out of the semidarkness in an ad jacent yard and fired upon him pointblank Thus ended the mortal life of the 20th Centurys greatest man of peace It was ironical that one who had never done violence to any living creature should die from an assassins bullet The murderer was tried convicted and end which never would have had the Mahatma Gandhi blessing Hindu Code Cremation for Gandhi under the Hindu code took place the next day on what was then a dismal slum area hard by the Jumna There was weeping and wailing the length and breadth of pover tystricken India The very men tion of his name still brings tears In appropriate tribute to the little man of the loin cloth the government has converted the setting for Gandhis cremation in to a spacious park Its flowers and grassy plots now bring a touch of beauty into the lites of many who once would have been catalogued as Delhis untouch ables The simple unornamented ele vated slab of cement on the spot where the Gandhi pyre orvce flamed is never without its flow ers these days Hes at least a demi god in a religion built around ancestral worship and re incarnation Wins Respect Whereas Gandhi has the rev erence and affection of the In dian man in the street Nehru has only his respect and confidence In some cases this support for the suave Nehru goes to the tent of belief that all of the worlds problems including In dias would evaporate like clew under a morning sun if only the other nations would accept Nehru leadership Nehru however is associated more with the physical well being of the Indian people than with their spiritual side He is credited with being a sincere disciple of Gandhi but not his successor One of his greatest appeals to even the most wretched Hindus is that as a rich man born lo luxury he concerns himself with the problems of those not similarly blessed Among diplomats from other countries I find this estimate of Nehru Smart to the point of being cal culatingly shrewd and much bet ter qualified to lead India in its infant days of independence than anybody else now on Ihc scene Thats one of their worries Who will succeed Nehru Israeli Would Risk Economic Disaster RatherThanGiveln UNITED NATIONS N Y UP Israel indicated Thursday it would risk economic sanctions by the United Nations before with drawing from the Gaza and Aqaba strips without nonaggression assurances from Egypt A dispatch from Jerusalem said Israeli Premier David Ben kirion told his cabinet in a closed meeting that Israel cannot accept request to commit jy unconditional withdrawal Israeli Ambassador Abba S Eban presented his countrys case to Secretary General Dag Ham marskjold here at UN headquar ters after the cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Wednesday night Informed Jerusalem sources said Eban was instructed to tell Hammarskjold that freedom of navigation on the Gulf of Aqaba and security from raids from the Gaza Strip were questions of life or death on which Israel could not yield its position A report from the Sinai Penin sula said Israeli forces withdrew from parts of the Gaza and Aqa ba strips earlier this week but moved back into position with 24 hours United Press Staff Correspond ent David Bishai reported from El Arish that UN observers said the brief drawback occurred shortly after the United Nations passed its latest resolution Satur day night It called for immedi ate withdrawal of Israel from Egyption territory UN observers told Bishai the Is raelis even blew up military in stallations at Rafah at the west ern edge of the Gaza Strip in preparation for withdrawal but held their positions when Ben Gurion rejected the UN demand Mrs Johnstone Defeats Quast in Palm Beach Golf PALM BEACH Fla Mrs Les Johnstone Mason City the defending champion defeated Anne Quast 1up on 19 holes here Thursday in the Palm Beach Womens golf tourna ment Mrs Johnstone was 3up with three holes to go and lost them all but then won extra hole She carded a 37 on the first nine Miss Quast was the medalist in the tourney Mary Ann Downey defeated Sharon Fladoos the 13yearold Dubuque golfer 43 Miss Downey and Mrs Johnstone will meet in the third round CHARGE INVESTIGATED PARRIS ISLAND Russ Expell Two More U S Attaches WASHINGTON UP Russia has expelled two more American embassy attaches in Moscow on false spy charges the State De partment announced Thursday The department said it has just been notified that R S at Uffelman and Lt William Lewis both assistant naval taches in Moscow have been ex pelled Just eight days ago the Soviet Union ordered the expulsion of two U S assistant military at taches on what the department described as equally spurious espionage The new Russian action followed on the heels of a Kremlin accusa tion Wednesday that the United States is waging a secret war of espionage and sabotage against Russia U S officials labelled those charges as another effort to divert attention from Russias own Expulsion of Uffelman and Lewis from Russia was announced by State Department press officer Lincoln White He also said Uffel man and Lewis had been phys ically assaulted on a Leningrad street on Jan 26 while a Soviet policeman stood by This incident he said has been protested by the U S embassy in Moscow Lewis suffered lacerated hands during a struggle for his camera but Uffelman apparently was unharmed Continue Hearing Into Freight Rate Boost DES MOINES The Iowa Commerce Commission Thursday continued a hearing on a proposed five per cent increase in railroad freight rates in the state Twenty persons appeared before THEY DIDNT EVEN THREATEN US Marvin C Hogenson 25 special school teacher at the Utah State Prison has a look of surprise on his face after rioting inmates suddenly released him He and the unidentified AP VVirepholo youth at right a member of a church basketball team were the first of 25 hostages to be surrendered by the 500 rioting inmates Hogenson said he and the others were not mistreated Frey Unveils New Liquor Proposition Would Net State Million Yearly DES MOINES Oft Another at tempt to legalize sale of liquor bythedrink will be made in the Iowa Legislature under bipartisan support Rep T T Frey one of the sponsors said the slate would gam nol less than S12 mil lion a year in revenue from this Enactment of the measure would make any tax increases un necessary this session of the Leg Frey said Joining Frey in sponsoring the measure will be Sen Sam Burton and several others The bill would permit city and town councils county boards of supervisors and the state to li cense establishments for the legal sale of licmor by the drink No Local Option There would be no local option elections before issuance of li censes But 25 percent of Ihc vot ers could petition for a referen dum in the next general election Coerf Hobbles 10 Miles in Snow to SUMMON RESCUERS ENGLEWOOD Colo W A pretty coed and her date stag gered out of the snowbound Pikes Peak country Wednesday night and sent back rescuers who brought in her parents marooned in their car since Sunday Doctors found Beverly Ohlson 20 had a broken ankle when she was brought to an Englewood hospital for treatment of frost bite and sunburn They said they did not see how she managed to struggle through fourfoot snow drifts on it Miss Ohlson didnt know it was broken Numbing cold apparently kept it from hurting She and Robert Bolasny 22 had battled three days through the snow to reach a television relay station near Castle Rock Colo Ten miles back on the Rampart Range Road rescuers found Mr and Mrs Peter A Ohlson huddled in their car cold hungry and worried Mr and Mrs Ohlson burned the back seat of the car piece meal for warmth They melted snow for drinking water There was nothing to eat Special Facilities for Gifted Pupils Sought DES MOINES UP The Schools Committee of the Iowa House of Representatives Wednesday took the first step toward providing special facilities for educating gifted pupils Rep W E Whitney committee chairman said the the commission Wednesday to op10 discontinue the sale of liquor pose the proposed increase which already has been approved by the j Interstate Commerce Commis The Marine Corps Thursday bejsion The objectors included utili gan a pretrial investigation of rejtics the Iowa Industrial Traffic ported brutality of drill the cement gravel brick tors toward several recruits atland tile industries and Chambers this big training center of Commerce bythedrink in the community A local license would cost from S250 to annually Half the license money would state and the other municipality or the county the state would levy a 10 per would define Department of Public Instruction to set up special for them The same bill Virgil F Lamb Algona Killed in Auto Accident FORT DODGE Grant would loosen handicapped the definition of children to the Britain OKs Move to Cut Tariff Bars Giant Economic Unit Planned LONDON Britain officiall approved Thursday plans to mol Western Europe into a giant eco nomic unit capable of competin with the Unitcfl States and Rus sia The aim is to wipe out tariff barriers among M West Euro pean countries and join sonic 250 million consumers into a free trade area and common market for their manufactured goods The governmurU of Prime Min ister ii a r o I d Macmillan an nounced its approval of the scheme in a white paper and pro posed that the Council of Minis ters of the Organization for Euro pean Economic CoOperation es tablish the machinery to negotiate detailed arrangements Meets Next Week and well consider the plaints of the inmates Clyde displayed a neatly typed list of what he saidpris oners called suggestions for better treatment The list in eluded better food prison newspaper shorter prison sen tences and a new corrections board Paul D Smith one of tha basketball players held hos tage said he was treated with kindness throughout his captiv ity They brought us food and everything else we needed from he First Bii Sent to Governor Work Week of Firemen Cut DES M01NES first bill 0 be sent to the governor by the 957 Legislature went there Thurs day after a vigorous debate in the House The measure would reduce from 84 to 68 hours the maximum work week of firemen in cities of more than population The House passed the bill 7526 after the Senate had approved the measure 387 Wednesday Opposition in the House stemmed mostly from smaller cities because of the cost involved Rep Henry Stevens RJeffer son told the House the bill would mean additional taxes in smaller cities and would take away some of the power of the city councils Many of the larger cities now have the reduced work week and the bill would lower the popula tion group in which the reduction would apply Always On Catl Rep Riley Diets RWakott who handled the bill said that re gardless of any reduction in the work week firemen still are on call 24 hours a day seven days a He added that a lire man must obtain permission to leave his home city and keep his superiors advised at all times on where ha can be reached The bill also provides that when offduty firemen are called back to duty they shall be paid at the regular rate of pay for the extra hours they put in Bills to limit jury verdicts in damage cases to a maximum of The council meets in Paris next cessivc week An OKiCC sfudy group already point il would no longer be neceslas announces thai technically il sary for a physician lo make such bepossible up such Whitney said ia liiule n association Ways and thc Common mar designation The Senate Committee mended a and of medical to permit deduction surgical and hospi tal expenses for state income tax purposes were introduced in the House Rep Wayne Ballhagen RNew Hartford and others introduced the damage judgment bill It would set the maximum for jury verdicts in trials arising from a death injury or property damage Ballhagen said at pres ent far too many verdicts are ex meanwhile rccom wluch would make go to the Lamb 30 Algona was fatally in n a m Wluch make half to Ihc jured early Thursday when hisi ostalc carn Dunly Also car skidded off icecovered Hiehlufi money for collcScs subject to Scent tax on each drink In addi tion the sales tax would apply State Stores Licensed establishments would T K lo buy their liquor from liquor stores They could liquor in case lots at 10 per High way 1G9 just north of Fort the property tax and rammed a tree He was SenFrank Elwood RCrcsco jsaid the bill would affect all en Fort Dodge dowments received by schools aft alone Lamb had been had started home and apparjcr Julv J in cent discount This bill would provide control over the sale of liquorbythe clrink which is something we dont have Frcy said He figures jthat taverns and other establish ments would sell S50 million worth of liquor by the drink each year ently decided to return to Fort Dodge because of the driving hazard of fog and icy pavement jwhen the accident occurred His car was southbound when it left the roarj Survivors include his widow NEHRU GANDHI TOGETHER Pandit Nehru present prime minister of India and Mahatma Gandhi right converse quietly at an openair meeting prior to the Mahatmaa assassination Editor Earl Hall points out in an adjoining column that whereas Gandhi has the reverence and affection of the Indian populace Nehru has only its respect and confidence Father Sons Facing Slot Machine Charge SIOUX CITY itfA Carroll man and his Iwo sons were free under bond each Thursday after waiving arraignment Wednesday on charge of interstate transpor tation of slot machines Edward J Rics 62 and his sons Donald 30 Carroll and Kenneth 27 Denison were taken before Commissioner Wilford jForker Thc elder Rics recent jwas convicted in Crawford County IDislrict Court on a slate gambling charge Ha was fined Sioux City Has State High 57 which made money for the school The Senate Governmental Af fairs Committee senl to the floor of the Senate a bill which would put securities administration un der the secretary of state and take it from the Iowa Insurance Commissioner A bill which Deduct Expenses The income tax measure was In troduced by Rep A L Falvcy IIwould permit a tax payer to deduct all medical sur gical and hospital expenses from kcl now nearinji formation by sixjnet income in filing state income West European countries would rewrite France W e s t c r n Germany Italy Belgium Holland and Lux embourg arc putting the finishing touches lo their common market treaty Over a period of years it would blot oul tariffs among themselves and sel up common tariff rules for goods entering the area from outside Common Market The bigger free trade idea which Macmillan originally fav ored when he was chancellor of the exchequer would take Die common market as its center j tax returns Another of the new measures would authorize municipal coun cils to permit persons under 21 to enter pool halls where beer is not sold Principal sponsor of the bill is Rop Judson Perkins R Council a 71yearold re tired Methodist minister The Senate also passed a bill boosting stale aid to junior col leges Genera aid would be hiked from 25 cents per pupil per day to The Weather size calfhood vaccination and definite definition of branding The Weather Bureau promised following the vaccination was also lowans more nearly normal out of committee The peratures Thursday after companion bills were rccom lowas brucellosis laws to emphai In addition o he common mar warm readings of Wednesday aft ernoon which saw the mercury push into Ihe 50s in Ihe western parl of the slate The mercury rose lo a state high of 57 at Sioux City the high est ever reported there on Feb 6 Spencer reported 48 degrees and Mason City 42 Highs ranged downward lo 36 at Burlington Drizzle and fog blanketed parts of the state again Wednesday nighl and early Thursday The outlook however was mostly fair weather through Friday mended for passage following amendment in the Iowa Agricul ture Committee Sen Kendall Lynes RFair field said the bills make brucel losis vaccination NEW BILL FILED DES MOINES bill pro posing the election of district judges and Supreme Court jus tices at primary cleclion time was filed with Ihe Iowa House Thursday by Rep A L Mcnsing kct nations Ihe other 11 countries would be eligible to join They are Sweden Denmark Portugal Iceland Tu key Greece Ireland Switzerland and Britain Thursday nighl cooler low 1520 Mostly cloudy Friday high 3235 SAME IRUck irafdn in put Jt hours Mostly fair through Fri day Colder northeast Thurs day nighl a little warmer Fri day Low Thursday night 1520 northeast 2025 southwest Minnesota Continued warm scat tered drizzle GlobeGazette weather data up to 8 Thursday Maximum Wednesday 42 Winimum Wednesday night 20 At 8 Thursday 20 YEAR AGO Maximum 3ft Minimum t
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